Metallic fireless brooder.



E. W.' PHILO.

METALLIC FIRELESS BROODER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19, 1910.

1,083,028.. I Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

EDGAR w. PHILO, or ELMIRA, new YORK.

METALLIC FIRELESS BR OODER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 39, 1913.

Application filed November 19, 19 0. Serial No. 593,274.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDGAR W. PHILO, a

citizen of the United States, and residingat Elmira, in the countyof Chemung and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metalllc Fireless Brooders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in brooders and" more especially to metallic tireless brooders. i

In the care of chickens, it has been ascertained that small chicks when first hatched should be housed in a brooder just large enough to contain them, while in their later growth larger accommodating brooders should be successively employed.

While brooders operated without the use of artificial heat and constructed of noncombustible material have existed, it is believed to be new to provide such in regular graduated sizes and to do this constitutes one of the objects of the present invention. There is therefore provided a brooder in which there is no danger of fire or of overheating the chickens; there is no cost of fuel and no lamp to care for and these brooders are easily manufactured and by reason of the graduated sizes thereof making the same desirable for sale in sets; all the brooders of each set are easily nested together for shipping and storage purposes. Besides these objects above named, it is designed to provide a separate hover top having a round wire framework changeable in dimensions by the pressure of the hand of the operator and whereby any desired height or tilt of said top may be afforded.

A still further object is the provision of a heat retaining cushion adapted to be mounted upon said top and which may be impinged between different portions of the frame work thereof.

With this brief statement of the many objects of the invention, the construction of the device will now be fully described as illustrated in the accompanying drawings and as specifically claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this application, like reference characters correspond to similar parts throughout all the views thereof and Figure 1 is a perspective view of the assembled device, diametrical sectional view thereof, and, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the adjustable hover top member removed from the hover.

v 7 1 1g. 2 1s a Referring more in detail the complete device it will be seen is contained within the cylindrical sheet metal receptacle or can member 5 having the meto the drawings,

tallic water tight bottom 6 and the annular top bead 7 'inclosing a reinforcing wire 8, while out out portions diametrically positioned at the top of the can member provide openmgs 9 therein whereby the spanning portions of said wire 8 are applicable as handles for the device.

The interior of the receptacle 5 is provlded upon its sides and bottom with a heat insulating water proof lining 10* having an opening 11 in one side thereof correspond ing in size and alining with the side opening 12 in the receptacle and having a sheet metal sliding door closure 13 positioned between the side of the receptacle and said lining for sliding upon the bottom of the former when actuated by the handle or knob member 14 thereof, said door having a ventilating opening 15. This arrangement of the longitudinalflexible lining 10 in spaced relation with respect to the cylindrical receptacle or container 5 affords an insulating dead air space between the same at a point adjacent thedoor 13 as shown in Fig. 2.

Interiorlyof the receptacle 5 and vertically' secured upon the sides thereof are corrugated supporting brackets 16, preferably three in number and adapted to maintain at the desired height and slant, a top framework for the cover. A material por: tion of the invention resides in this latter feature which is constructed of a single piece of wire 17 having a circular portion 18 and being bent upon itself backwardly as at 19 and upwardly above the diameter of said circular portion to form a resilient handle 20. With this arrangement of wire frame, it will be evident that when pressure is applied to the opposite side members of the handle 20, that the periphery of the circular wire portion 18 will be diminished and thereby allow said framework to be placed within any of the seats 21 of the bracket members 16 as desired. Upon said circular frame work 18 there is secured as by sewing a fabric diaphragm 22 which may be slightly loose but is preferably of such a size as to be loosely held by the outward resilient normal pressure of the circular wire portion 18 so as to be allowed to sag an inch or more. Depending from said Earmww diaphragm and adjacent one side of the circular periphery thereof a blanket 23 is secured. As positioned within the conpad of combined wool and cotton material.

Said cushion substantially fills the top of the brooder and retains within the lower part of the hover and beneath the dia phragm 22 the warmth generated by the natural heat of the chicks contained therein. If desired, the handle 20 may perform the dual function of rendering the cover adjustable and also of resiliently securing a cushion or pad thereupon. It is to be noted that the thinner covering ofthe canopy 24 is engaged by the support therefor.

It is to be noted that this arrangementof metallic container with an insulating lining and adjustable cover is acombination affording suflicient warmth for even the youngest chicks in the most severe weather and without the use of artificial fuel. However, said brooders are designed for use especially within coops or chicken buildings which guard the brooder from direct winds and drafts and slightly temper the atmosphere therearound.

The operation of the device will be clear from an inspection of the drawings. The chick enters through the opening 12 and emerges beneath the blanket 23 into the main brooder chamber beneath the diaphragm 22 which is preferably tilted, as shown in Fig. 2 for providing a warmer and lower rear portion. The temperature within the brooder is regulated by the slide door closure 13 and by adjusting the diaphragm 22 .to any designedheight while the cushion 2 f retains the heat within the.

brooder.

It will be evident that slight changes in size, proportion and minor details of construction may be made in the present device without departing from the spiritand scope of the invention but nevertheless the preferable embodiment thereof is that herein set forth.

I claim:

In a fireless brooder a coo member hav- I e 7 I ing a plurality of members extending vertically and provided with laterally extending depressions, and a flexible cover for said coop member, said cover including a supporting frame variable to permit its insertion'within the coop member and in engage'ment with a recess of each of the vertical members, said supporting frame and said vertical members being relatively formed to permit a positioning of the frame parallel to the bottom of the coop member or inclined relatively thereto at will, a resilient adjusting handle for said frame, a heat insulating member nesting in said flexible cover and resiliently secured beneath said handle.

In testimony whereof I affix my signa-' ture in presence of two witnesses.

, EDGAR W. PHILO.

Witnesses:

' ERNnsr R. Prrrno,

WALTER P. AUSTIN.

Qopies or this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, I). G. 

